The Colombian side of the colombian-brazilian border. An approach using the category of lawless area

Abstract

This study uses the category of lawless areas as an approach to the complex security situation resulting from increasing ties between localized criminality and transnational organized crime networks on the Colombian side of the Colombian-Brazilian border. The permanent presence of illegal armed actors in this border area is largely caused by the absence and weak presence of the Colombian State at its margins. The methodology used is both bibliographic and descriptive.

Keywords

• Estado fallido
• frontera
• área sin ley
• guerrilla
• narcotráfico.